Purpose of Unit 1
• To familiarize students with how people of all times and places have increased their capability by innovating and inventing.
• To familiarize students with important inventors, inventions, and their innovations.
• To create awareness that technologies, no matter how useful, have intended and unintended consequences that can pose ethical, economic, political, or cultural issues.
Lesson 1: Inventing 101
1. Explain that new products and systems can be developed to solve problems or to help do things that could not be done without the help of technology.
2. Explain that the development of technology is a human activity and is the result of individual or collective needs and the ability to be creative.
3. Explain that technology is closely linked to creativity, which has resulted in innovation.
4. Define the terms invention and innovation.
5. Contribute to a group endeavor by offering useful ideas, supporting the efforts of others, and focusing on the task.
6. Work safely and accurately with a variety of tools, machines, and materials.
1. Define and explain the role that technology, society, and politics play in the invention or innovation process.
2. Explain how societal expectations impact the acceptance and use of products and systems.
3. Identify, explain, and discuss the history of various inventions and innovations.
4. Organize and present research findings effectively.
5. Contribute to a group endeavor by offering useful ideas, supporting the efforts of others, and focusing on the task.
6. Identify famous inventors and their inventions.
Create awareness that technologies, no matter how useful, have intended and unintended consequences that can pose ethical, economic, political, or cultural issues.
• To familiarize students with how people of all times and places have increased their capability by innovating and inventing.
• To familiarize students with important inventors, inventions, and their innovations.
• To create awareness that technologies, no matter how useful, have intended and unintended consequences that can pose ethical, economic, political, or cultural issues.
Lesson 1: Inventing 101
1. Explain that new products and systems can be developed to solve problems or to help do things that could not be done without the help of technology.
2. Explain that the development of technology is a human activity and is the result of individual or collective needs and the ability to be creative.
3. Explain that technology is closely linked to creativity, which has resulted in innovation.
4. Define the terms invention and innovation.
5. Contribute to a group endeavor by offering useful ideas, supporting the efforts of others, and focusing on the task.
6. Work safely and accurately with a variety of tools, machines, and materials.
Big Idea #1
Student Resource 1.1 “Great Thinkers and Their Inventions.”
Student Resource 1.2 “Who Dunnit?”
Student Resource 1.3 “Invention and Innovation Crossword Puzzle."
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Invention & Innovation Notes Part1
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Lesson 2: Who’s Responsible?
1. Define and explain the role that technology, society, and politics play in the invention or innovation process.
2. Explain how societal expectations impact the acceptance and use of products and systems.
3. Identify, explain, and discuss the history of various inventions and innovations.
4. Organize and present research findings effectively.
5. Contribute to a group endeavor by offering useful ideas, supporting the efforts of others, and focusing on the task.
6. Identify famous inventors and their inventions.
Big Idea #2
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Lesson 3: What’s Your Problem?
Big Idea #3
Invention Detective*:
*Read the directions from PAGE 5 FIRST please.Review of Cornell Notes
Apply the Cornell Note-taking method to this article: Understanding the Effects of Technology
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